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Getting here
53.79574, -1.26192
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 120m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 120m away — 2 car parks within reach
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +38 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +38 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Dogs allowed — public woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +151 more · last seen 2026
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Battlefield TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
All Saints Church, Sherburn in Elmet
Photos
All Saints Church, Sherburn in Elmet
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,625 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,625 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Starling · Collared Dove
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2018
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2014
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Holly Blue · Small White
+149 more speciesHide species list
All 154 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2019Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Nuttall's Waterweed · Hyacinthoides · Monkeyflower Species
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,625 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Starling · Collared Dove
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2018
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2014
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Holly Blue · Small White
+149 more speciesHide species list
All 154 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2019Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Nuttall's Waterweed · Hyacinthoides · Monkeyflower Species
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta2019
Vanessa atalanta2019
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cyathigerum2019Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2019Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2019Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2018Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2018Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Thrips majorThrips major2021Thrips majorThrips major2021SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2018SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2018Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2018Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2018Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018Riband WaveIdaea aversata2018Riband WaveIdaea aversata2018Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2017Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2017Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2017Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2017Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Thrips vulgatissimusThrips vulgatissimus2021Thrips vulgatissimusThrips vulgatissimus2021Limothrips denticornisLimothrips denticornis2021Limothrips denticornisLimothrips denticornis2021Thrips fuscipennisThrips fuscipennis2021Thrips fuscipennisThrips fuscipennis2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018Common FootmanEilema lurideola2018Common FootmanEilema lurideola2018White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2017Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2017Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2017Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2017Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2017Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2017Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2017Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2017Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2017Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2017Common WainscotMythimna pallens2017Common WainscotMythimna pallens2017Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2017Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2017Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017Straw DotRivula sericealis2017Straw DotRivula sericealis2017Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2017Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2017Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2017Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2017Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2017Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2017Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2017Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2014Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2014Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2014Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2014Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2014Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2014Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2014Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2014Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014FlameAxylia putris2014FlameAxylia putris2014Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2014Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2014Peppered MothBiston betularia2014Peppered MothBiston betularia2014Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaBuffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025ChaferGnorimus2025ChaferGnorimus2025EupeodesEupeodes2024EupeodesEupeodes2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Sapyga quinquepunctataSapyga quinquepunctata2023Sapyga quinquepunctataSapyga quinquepunctata2023Thrips origaniThrips origani2021Thrips origaniThrips origani2021Thrips fulvipesThrips fulvipes2021Thrips fulvipesThrips fulvipes2021Chirothrips manicatusChirothrips manicatus2021Chirothrips manicatusChirothrips manicatus2021Aptinothrips rufusAptinothrips rufus2021Aptinothrips rufusAptinothrips rufus2021Aeolothrips intermediusAeolothrips intermedius2021Aeolothrips intermediusAeolothrips intermedius2021Odontothrips lotiOdontothrips loti2021Odontothrips lotiOdontothrips loti2021Frankliniella intonsaFrankliniella intonsa2021Frankliniella intonsaFrankliniella intonsa2021Odontothrips biuncusOdontothrips biuncus2021Odontothrips biuncusOdontothrips biuncus2021Thrips physapusThrips physapus2021Thrips physapusThrips physapus2021Odontothrips phaleratusOdontothrips phaleratus2021Odontothrips 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Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2018Eupithecia intricataEupithecia intricata2018Eupithecia intricataEupithecia intricata2018Common PugEupithecia vulgata2018Common PugEupithecia vulgata2018Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2017Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2017Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2017Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2017Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2017Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2017Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2017Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2017GothicNaenia typica2017GothicNaenia typica2017Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2017Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2017Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2017Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2017ClayMythimna ferrago2017ClayMythimna ferrago2017Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2017Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2017Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata2017Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata2017Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2017Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2017Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2017Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2017Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2017Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2017Lunar Marbled BrownDrymonia ruficornis2017Lunar Marbled BrownDrymonia ruficornis2017Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2014Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2014Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2014Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2014Black RusticAporophyla nigra2014Black RusticAporophyla nigra2014Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2014Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2014Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2014Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2014Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2014Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2014Old LadyMormo maura2014Old LadyMormo maura2014Gold SpotPlusia festucae2014Gold SpotPlusia festucae2014Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2014Garden CarpetXanthorhoe 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